Portable cab



Oct. 2, 1923.

E. D, BLACKINTON ET'AL PORTABLE GAB 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FildApril 5, 1925 W/TNES'SES oct. 2,1923. '1,469,713

E. D. BLACKI'NTON ET AL PORTABLE CAB 'n/Zgiled April 5. 1925 I ,zgsheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS Patented @ce 2,' ilez. I

ERNEST `n. v nrncnn'ron, orA Gnoronfnn D' ,GORGE sMITH, orf]y wnrnnronn con- Y ZN'EcTIcUr l 1=oiafiui1snnA can] S11 Application filed April 5, I

' hicles and is particularly adapted .for :use

on a ychassisto be driven over aroad. l The generalobject vof our invention is to provide-Va portable cabiattachment of the indicated character- Iadaptedv to 'be conveniently emplaced orjto be knocked down Vinsrnall compass foneasy transportation,

storage, etc. v f The nature oftheinvention andi-ts dis'- t-inguishing .features and advantages-will clearly-appear as the ,description proceeds.

Reference is vto-be had tothe accompanying drawings formingfa part of. this speciication, it being understood that the-drawings are merely illustrativejof ,on'eexample Y of the invent-ion. Y

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile conventionally. shown with our im* proved portable cab attachmentpemplaced thereom the coverof the cab attachment being in vertical section; v

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section in a plane indicated by the line 2-2,Fi.g ure'1;

Figure 3dsaiperspectiverviewf'ofa frag-A` ment of the attachment at a corner of the same,"

Figure 4 is av plan view with the cover in horizontal section;

Figure 5 isav horizontal section on the lineV 5 5, Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a detailin horizon-tal section ont-he line 6 6, Figure l; 1 l

Figure 7 Vis a rear elevation of a fragment of the dashboard and a prop received in a socket attach-able to said dashboard or equivalent support'.

In the illustratedrexample of our inven? tion` A indicates a chassis shown conventionally; B, the dashboard thereof; and C, side frame bars;V

' We 'have shown our invention applied to a chassis and our attachment is shown as bar 16 near the; ends are standards 19, each 1323."Y serial No. 630,142;l

including` a` baseboard or footboardlo '.pro-

seat, said arm rests having laterally bent flattened .ends asat 14 secured .by bolts or rivets 15. The .numeralv 146 indicates Araf-crossI bar AWhich is "shown as one means for affording support .for the portable cab structure from the. side 'bars C of the chassis frame'. Said cross banlghas turned ends 17 vsecured by screws 18 or the? like; in" practice to the bars Riveted tovand risingjfrom the Vcross Vof which has a U-shaped clipf20 rigid .therewith and adaptedto engagei'the seat back 12 at .the side edges `asbestiseenvin Figures 1, 2 and 6. jThestructure includes; also- .frontv props or standards21whichmayV have 75 t I anysuitable support on any Xed partjof the chassis or on the baseboard. `In-theil` lustrated example we haver shown sockets i V eating theseatback, and 135arni rests onithe 22 on the dashboardnB tti-receive the lowerf.,

ends of the standards21. Y Y Y AThe standards 1 9 andV 21 connect attheir yupper .ends with ixedcorner pieces y23; said pieces 23 may be formed of stamped Orca-st.'

metal whilethe standards 19 .andl 21 ,are formed of piping or tubingx Gonnectedalso.

4.withthe'corner pieces ,'23 are: front' and rear cross -bars24fandj sidebars 25.3I The side. f

bars 25 4are securedlat'their ends bya vpivot* or hinge connection tothe .cor-ner-pieces,-23.v

' In the illustrated formi pivot `pins 26 secure.

the .side bars. The front cross bar 24 "is shown secured ;at"its ends by pins 27 havingeyes -28 to :which guy wires129 aresecured, said Wires at their lower ends connecting with the lamp brackets Dor other fixed part ot they vehicle. -'.Similarly, the [rear 31 torwhich are connected guy wires 32, the rear lower endsv of i by a loop, strap, orfwirei 132't0 thegrearV ends of the frame bars C..

. The front and rear cross bars 24 with side bars 25 are made in sections detachably connected in any suitable manner by la tenon and socket connection as indicated at 33,

l cross bars 24 have their endsl secured tof' the corner pieces 23 by pins 30 having eyes` which are madeffast o the sockets being. vprovided Vwith thumb screws 34 or the like. screws loosened and the sections of thel standards 19kr and 21 andthe bars 241and p 25 separated, the elements may'fbe assembled With the thumb V.

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in compact knock-.down form, the sections of the bars 24, 25 closing atV their :pivots 26, 27 to positions alongside the uppersecti-onsof the vstandards 19 and 21. In disassembling the structure the screws`18 are unsere-wed; the clips 2O disengaged from the' seat back 12; the guy wires 29, 32 are def tached at theiry lowerV ends and thefront Y standards 21 are removed from the front lsockets 22.

The lower portion of each standard 19 `or. port-ionbelow the tenon and soclet connecftion at 33 vmay be formed in coupledsections, a coupler being indicated at 35. The numeral 3G indicates a lamp bracket on Vthe dashboard B.

The frame provided by the standards 19 and 21, the cornerpieces 23, and bars 2st, 25, is adapted to support ay waterproof cover f 37, which, in rpract`ice,`may be made of any suitable material. Th'e'cover extends at the front and baclrand at the sides of the frame and fhasV openings therein `closed by Haps'38. The fabric is positively' fastened to the frame in any suitable' manner.; in the illusport said frame, said means including aY cross bar at the bottoinof said frame having means to secure it to frame bars of a chassis, means to fasten said frame tosaid seat,rand a cover adapted to be supported by said frame. Y

2. A portable cab including a frame, meansto support said yframe at its lower end on a vehicle, anda cover ,forv the frame, said frame including standards, and Vtop bars Y Y connecting the frame, said Vstandards and@ said top bars having separable joints; Itogether with means supported bysaid stand- Vards and to which the top barY sections Vare pivoted at their ends.

In a portable cab, a cover-supporting.'YY

frame comprising standards, means to supa vehicle, corner pieces rigidwthfthe stand" ards at their lupper ends, and top'bars com-V tions being connectedwvith said corner pieces to swing in vertical planes to Vfolded port said standardsrat their lower endson positions adjacent vthe standards or torpositions with the sections of the respective bars f.onnected with each other.

fln a portable cab, a cover-supporting frame comprising front and rear standards, cross bars rigid with'the standards near1 their 'lower ends, means to secure said cross bar tothe chassis frame, means to support saidY front standards at their lower ends, corner pieces supported on'the upper ends of the standards, front and rearbars and side bars composed of sections, the bar sections being connected with said corner Vpieces to swing in vertical planes to folded positions adjacent the standards or tofpositions with the sections of the-respective bars connected with each other;'together`with a seat, andl means to secure certain of the standards to said seat. l' Y ERNEST D. BLAoKrNToN. efnonefnn.sivnrri.y Y' 

